ShakspereMacmillan, 1893 - 167 pages |
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... Comedy of Errors 65 Julius Cæsar · 117 The Two Gentlemen of Verona . 68 Hamlet 119 A Midsummer Night's Dream King Henry VI . Parts II . & III . 70 All's Well that Ends Well . • 123 74 Measure for Measure 125 King Richard III . 78 ...
... Comedy of Errors 65 Julius Cæsar · 117 The Two Gentlemen of Verona . 68 Hamlet 119 A Midsummer Night's Dream King Henry VI . Parts II . & III . 70 All's Well that Ends Well . • 123 74 Measure for Measure 125 King Richard III . 78 ...
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... comedy , and history out of their crudities and puerilities into truly great and noble forms of art . John Lyly had shown how a bright and lively dialogue can be written in prose . George Peele had produced dramatic verse of a sweet but ...
... comedy , and history out of their crudities and puerilities into truly great and noble forms of art . John Lyly had shown how a bright and lively dialogue can be written in prose . George Peele had produced dramatic verse of a sweet but ...
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... Comedy of Errors ; or only outrageously spoilt children , but not incapable of being reclaimed , like Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew . It is " " observable , however , that all through his plays Shak- 18 [ CHAP . SHAKSPERE .
... Comedy of Errors ; or only outrageously spoilt children , but not incapable of being reclaimed , like Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew . It is " " observable , however , that all through his plays Shak- 18 [ CHAP . SHAKSPERE .
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... Comedy laments that Our pleasant Willy , ah ! is dead of late , refers to some temporary cessation of Shakspere from dramatic authorship ; but the probability is that some- one else is meant , perhaps John Lyly , perhaps the comic actor ...
... Comedy laments that Our pleasant Willy , ah ! is dead of late , refers to some temporary cessation of Shakspere from dramatic authorship ; but the probability is that some- one else is meant , perhaps John Lyly , perhaps the comic actor ...
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... comedy , Every Man in his Humour , makes its ap- pearance . There is a tradition that the play was brought before the public through the good offices of Shakspere ; it is certain that he acted in the play , taking , probably , the part ...
... comedy , Every Man in his Humour , makes its ap- pearance . There is a tradition that the play was brought before the public through the good offices of Shakspere ; it is certain that he acted in the play , taking , probably , the part ...
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